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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomasson" data-source="post: 909295" data-attributes="member: 4929">I've been unwilling to comment on a lot of the other complaints I've been reading about Dungeon lately, in this and other threads. The fact is, I've come to accept that we can only do the best we can, and we're never going to please everyone. Never. However, I find this comment personally offensive. The implication that we would slant our letters to make ourselves look better is insulting. That sort of behavior would be unethical, in my opinion, and the allegation is out of line. You might be unhappy with the magazine; please, feel free to send your comments to us directly if it appeals to you. But please refrain from this sort of bashing. When you make this sort of comment, you're directing it, intentionally or not, at the staff, not the product. To clear up this little "misunderstanding," here's how we select the letters we print: Is the topic interesting? If the letter is in regards to a topic that's already been beaten to death in "Prison Mail," we're unlikely to print it. We'll still read the letter and keep track of general opinions, but most folks don't want to read about whether vile content should be in the magazine, for example, month after month after month. Occasionally, we'll see a letter on an old topic with a new view. That's why we printed a new letter on the vile debate in issue #99. But mostly, once people start rehashing old viewpoints, it's time to let the debate out of the magazine.Is the letter coherent? If we can't understand what point the letter is attempting to communicate, it's likely our readership won't, either. Does the letter have something to do with a recent issue? These are our favorites, good or bad. If a letter addresses something specific from a recent issue, we'll likely print it if it isn't too long. If it addresses an editorial, it allows us to strike up a dialogue with the reader. That's cool too. Finally, is it polite? If someone writes us a letter of complaint but drops lots of F-bombs or calls us buttheads repeatedly, we're not going to print it, especially since we typically get enough constructively critical letters to print that don't need these. Also, we don't end up looking like jerks for printing these letters; the authors do. And we don't like to do that to people who probably shot their mouth off in the heat of the moment. As for issue #99, most of the letters came in on the heels of #97, a very popular issue. The fact is, it was a rare case of not getting any critical comments that month we could print. Implying that we're manipulating our letters to get good press couldn't be further from the truth.</blockquote>

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